Husband:
Robert MEARS (c. 1752-c. 1808)
Wife:
Sarah ARCHER (c. 1755-c. 1831)
Children:
Marriage:
22 Feb 1773
Mendham1
Name:
Daniel MEARS
Sex:
Male
Birth:
c. 1778
Forncett4
Baptism:
10 Oct 1779 (age 0-1)
Forncett St. Mary4
baptised with brother Shadrack
Census:
1841 (age 62-63)
Tharston5
agricultural labourer, living with nephew John (35, agricultural labourer), his wife Elizabeth (48), and their children George (12, agricultural labourer), John (9), James (7), William (3) and Unknown (2mths)
Census:
1851 (age 72-73)
Tharston6
Address: Parish House, Tharston
agricultural labourer, living with his nephew's wife Elizabeth (48) and her children John (19, agricultural labourer), William (12, agricultural labourer), Henry (9) and Harriet (7, scholar)
Death:
c. 1855 (age 76-77)
Burial:
23 Jul 1855
Tharston7
Name:
Jemima MEARS
Sex:
Female
Spouse:
Birth:
c. 1776
Forncett St. Mary9
Baptism:
15 Sep 1776 (age 0)
Forncett St. Peter9
Census:
1841 (age 64-65)
Wacton10
living with husband Robert (65, labourer), son and daughter-in-law Charles (25) and Diana (30), and their children Mary (6), Sarah (4), James (3) and Harriet (2)
Census:
1851 (age 74-75)
Wacton11
Address: By The Common, Wacton
laundress, living with grandson George (20, agricultural labourer)
Death:
c. 1856 (age 79-80)
Wacton12
Burial:
4 Apr 1856
Wacton12
Name:
Shadrack MEARS
Sex:
Male
Spouse (1):
Spouse (2):
Birth:
28 Aug 1773
Forncett St. Mary4
Baptism:
10 Oct 1779 (age 6)
Forncett St. Mary4
baptised with brother Daniel
Census:
1841 (age 67-68)
Tharston5
independent, living with wife Rachel (60) and son Shadrack (20, agricultural labourer)
Census:
1851 (age 77-78)
Tharston13
Address: Parish House, Tharston
proprietor of houses, living with wife Rachel (67), grandson James (18, agricultural labourer) and granddaughter Ann (4, scholar)
Death:
1 Apr 1860 (age 86)
Burial:
5 Apr 1860
Tharston14
Probate:
26 May 1860
Norwich, Norfolk
MEARS Shadrack. 26 May. The Will of Shadrack Mears late of Tharston in the County of Norfolk Laborer deceased who died 1 April 1860 at Tharston aforesaid was proved at Norwich by the oaths of John Swann of East Carlton in the said County Bailiff and John Rix of Tasburgh in the said County Farmer the Executors. Effects under £100.
MI:
St. Mary's Church; Tharston15
TO THE MEMORY OF SHADRACH MEARS WHO DIED APRIL 1 1860 AGED 83 YEARS ALSO OF RACHEL MEARS HIS WIFE WHO DIED JAN. 2 1866 AGED 86 YEARS
Parish register - marriage. Mendham. Cit. Date: 22 February 1773.
Parish register - burial. Tharston. Cit. Date: 4 October 1808.
Ibid. Cit. Date: 3 April 1831.
Parish register - baptism. Forncett St. Mary. Cit. Date: 10 October 1779.
1841 Census. HO107 757 7 9. Cit. Date: 1841.
1851 Census. HO107 1821 659 11. Cit. Date: 1851.
Parish register - burial. Tharston. Cit. Date: 23 July 1855.
Civil Registration - death. 1855 Q3 Depwade 4B 145. Cit. Date: Q3 1855.
Parish register - baptism. Forncett St. Peter. Cit. Date: 15 September 1776.
1841 Census. HO107 757 5 5. Cit. Date: 1841.
1851 Census. HO107 1821 707 9. Cit. Date: 1851.
Parish register - burial. Wacton. Cit. Date: 4 April 1856.
1851 Census. HO107 1821 659 10. Cit. Date: 1851.
Parish register - burial. Tharston. Cit. Date: 5 April 1860.
Memorial. Tharston.
Parish register - baptism. Forncett St. Mary. Cit. Date: 27 July 1785.
Parish register - burial. Forncett St. Peter. Cit. Date: 1 July 1817.
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